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Ontario government should understand wage premium enjoyed by public-sector workers

Government workers in Ontario enjoy a 10.9 per cent wage premium compared to similar private-sector workers.


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Ottawa should reject unrealistic union demands as federal strike looms

Government workers in Canada were paid 8.5 per cent more (on average) than their private-sector counterparts.


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Government workers in Alberta are away from their jobs for personal reasons 73 per cent more days per year than private sector workers.


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As federal and many provincial governments continue to struggle with both deficits and finding ways to constrain spending, it’s odd that very little has been done on the compensation of public sector workers.

All told, TD Economics estimates that governments in Canada racked up $45.9 billion in deficits last year alone. Most governments in deficit continue to rely on a combination of trying to slow the growth in spending while hoping that revenues catch up.